Verbs. What is a verb?

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Verbs. What is a verb?

• A verb is a word which describes the action in a
  sentence (the word that is doing something)
• Examples
• I play football.
• They skip quickly.
• We eat spaghetti.
• Bob is seven today.

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Action Verbs vs. Linking Verbs
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An action verb tells what action someone or
something is performing.

• Father packed our suitcases.
• The ship chugged into the harbor.
• Mr. Fox swallowed the slimy fly larva as part of
  a Fear Factor dare.

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A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun with a
word that identifies or describes it.

• New York is a city.
• Lucy seems unhappy.
• Mr. Fox was sick from eating the larva.

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Verb Tenses

• Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is
  happening.
• PRESENT (its happening NOW.)
• PAST (its ALREADY happened.)
• FUTURE (its ABOUT to or WILL happen.)

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Present tense to past tense.

• The following sentences are written in the
  present tense. Try changing them to the past
  tense by putting Yesterday at the beginning of
  each.
• I eat spaghetti.
• They skip quickly.
• Bob is seven.
• I play football.

How have the verbs changed?
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How did you do?

• Yesterday I ate spaghetti.
• Yesterday they skipped quickly.
• Yesterday Bob was seven.
• Yesterday I played football.

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Past to present

• These sentences are in the past.
• Change them to the present by putting today at
  the front of each sentence.
• Sarah felt hot.
• The cow jumped over the moon.
• John sat outside in the garden.
• The mouse ran up the clock.

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How did you do?

• Today Sarah feels hot.
• Today the cow jumps over the moon.
• Today John sits outside in the garden.
• Today the mouse runs up the clock.

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The future tense.

• The future tense is used to describe what will or
  could happen. Change these sentences to the
  future tense by adding tomorrow at the start of
  each.
• Jack and Jill went up the hill.
• Thomas chased the mouse.
• Lucy entered the wardrobe.
• Bo Peep lost her sheep.

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How did you do?

• Tomorrow Jack and Jill could/will go up the hill.
• Tomorrow Thomas could/will chase the mouse.
• Tomorrow Lucy could/will enter the wardrobe.
• Tomorrow Bo Peep could/will lose her sheep.

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Verbs that end in ify

• The suffix ify changes a noun or adjective
  into a verb.
• Example Justice (is noun that means that things
  are fair) Throw the ify at it and it
  becomes..

Justify...(which means to prove)
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More Examples

• Humid.Humidify
• Pure.Purify
• Simple.Simplify
• Stupid._____________
• Passive.____________